smithsonian national air and space museum News

Chantilly -
Today Space Shuttle Discovery completed its final voyage as it now embarks upon its next mission. This morning the space shuttle arrived at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Va.

Chantilly -
After a period of speculation, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has announced the details for the festivities surrounding the arrival of the space shuttle Discovery in Northern Virginia.

Houston -
Rep Gabrielle Giffords has been cleared by Houston doctors to attend husband Mark Kelly's space shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Friday's launch will be the last one for Endeavour, and the next to the last for NASA's space shuttle program.

Enterprise, the first Space Shuttle Orbiter, had been the centerpiece of the McDonnell Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a part of the National Air and Space Museum. In 2012 the shuttle was moved to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.